Nonprofit SaaS — Launched — first paying clients

Altruize

Volunteer impact data brought to market during the pandemic — accurate hours, verified by the nonprofit, owned by the volunteer.

Outcome: ApprovedResults for this venture have been reviewed and approved for publication by the client.
Interface mockup of Altruize shown in a desktop browser frame

Live product: altruize.com

Interface mockup — representative of the product experience

The idea

Give volunteer data back to the volunteer: a verified record of hours and impact they can carry into careers, personal goals and school transcripts.

The problem

Volunteer tracking was inaccurate and self-reported, so nonprofits could not show what they actually produced — and the volunteer walked away with nothing they could use again.

The customer

Nonprofits and community organizations running volunteer programs, plus the volunteers, students and service-hour candidates inside them.

The business model

Subscription SaaS for nonprofits, with the verified volunteer record free to the volunteer.

What we built

From idea to something testable.

  • Positioning built on data accuracy and volunteer ownership, not another tracking tool
  • Verified hours model — logged by the volunteer, confirmed by the organization
  • Organization dashboard reporting real program output
  • Volunteer impact profile with exportable transcript for schools and employers
  • Marketing site, onboarding flow and launch collateral
  • GTM strategy and enablement for the client's own marketing team

Go-to-market

How it reaches real customers.

  • Timed to the pandemic surge in remote and community volunteering
  • Nonprofit-led adoption: each organization onboards its own volunteer base
  • Volunteer transcripts carry the product into schools and employers
  • Founder-led outreach to nonprofit networks converted the first clients

Prototype / MVP stage

Launched — first paying clients

Outcome & learnings

Outcome: Approved

Taken from idea to prototype to first paying nonprofit clients, with the client's marketing team running the go-to-market motion we built with them.